SWR's
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devildog
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SWR's
Hope this doesn't cause any confusion but my SWR's are currently at 1.5 on channel 20 and 1.6 on 1 and 40. Does anyone have an opinion on what to do next? The antenna has a long shaft on bottom about 32" and a Wilson 2000 silver coil and then the whip is about 42". The total length is 6 ft 5 and 1/2". I've trimmed the whip and lengthened the shaft to get them to where its at now. I'm thinking that for a home brew antenna this might be as low as they'll get. Any opinions? Thx
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Double D
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Maybe that is the best you can get, i wouldn't worry about it. 1.5 is about a 4% reflect so if you have 10 watts going forward then only 400 milliwatts is coming back.
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heavyD
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